Malicious PDF / .TXT — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9ede07945e0e23e…

MALICIOUS

PDF / .TXT

4.1 KB
MD5: e8514d604cfef42325efaa0884d127b9 SHA-1: e464206447f5ab66384654371d0dc259ed8d697a SHA-256: f9ede07945e0e23e200ca8cd390ce758c7914c74c8e0137aafedf024fc6d7707
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, flagged by multiple heuristics including PDF_JAVASCRIPT and PDF_JS. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness (0.999991). The JavaScript stream exhibits obfuscation and uses eval() and String.fromCharCode(), common techniques for hiding malicious code. The extracted JavaScript files, 'javascript_obj0013_001.js' and 'acroform_b64_00.js', are likely responsible for executing the malicious payload, potentially by downloading and running additional malware. The exact payload and delivery mechanism are not fully discernible due to obfuscation, leading to a slightly reduced confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 1.0000

Heuristics 5

  • eval() call high PDF_EVAL
    eval() found — commonly used for obfuscated exploit execution (matched inside decoded stream)
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • String.fromCharCode low PDF_FROMCHARCODE
    String.fromCharCode found — used to construct payload strings dynamically. Common in benign JavaScript libraries for codepoint manipulation, so this alone is informational; weaponised use is also caught by the dedicated fromCharCode-stage and exploit-shape rules. (matched inside decoded stream)
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0013_001.js
447b233cd8296658d2fc6251afe63a3d79ee9b3ecef8f30976fd6f2973b0c5cf
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 13 at offset 0x368 6409 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 4 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).
acroform_b64_00.js
6ab972eb9649037aa124e2ecaae4cb2085203acc305ed129123c57192aef60dc
deobfuscated-js PDF AcroForm base64 (decompressed) at offset 0x99D 3652 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 2 eval/decoder/string-building token(s). Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).